Pasquale Ricca Explained

Pasquale Ricca (Civezza, 1854–1910) was an Italian painter and sculptor, with an eclectic output of portraits, genre, still-life, seascape, and landscape subjects.

Ricca studied in Florence, and worked for a time in Rome and Nizza, but lived most of his adult life in Porto Maurizio, in Liguria.[1] Ricca did a large amount of his work based in the Ligurian Riviera.[2] In 1883 at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of Rome, he exhibited Passeggiata and Nevicata; in 1884 at Turin, he sent, Acquasantiera di San Pietro at Rome and Tralci con uva.[3]

In 1902, Pasquale Ricca was introduced into public service when he was appointed Conservator of Monuments and Objects of Art and Antiquities for Porto Maurizio.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.comune.imperia.it/node/647 Una Riviera Invisible: :L'Arte di Pasquale Ricca
  2. Web site: RICH PASQUALE. The Archive Liguria. 20 July 2013.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.
  4. Franco Dioli, www.pittoriliguri.info, eds. IDAL800900 Istituto Documentazione Arte Ligure dell'Ottocento e Novecento